I'm working on drumming up some local Cisco nerds right now. Going to try to surround myself with some intelligent people and see how much that helps. It doesn't help much that I'm a perfectionist. OCDs suck, and that one happens to be mine. If I can't answer any and every open ended question I can come up with, then I'm not comfortable taking the test. Probably something psychological....but hey, that why I scored well over 900 on the two Cisco tests I've taken. I don't like holding a cert I can't back up. When I schedule this sucker I will own it.

Had a phone interview for a senior network engineer position a few months back...they said I gave them the best showing they've ever seen on routing protocols. Getting that kind of feedback feels pretty good.

I'm working on drumming up some local Cisco nerds right now. Going to try to surround myself with some intelligent people and see how much that helps. It doesn't help much that I'm a perfectionist. OCDs suck, and that one happens to be mine. If I can't answer any and every open ended question I can come up with, then I'm not comfortable taking the test. Probably something psychological....but hey, that why I scored well over 900 on the two Cisco tests I've taken. I don't like holding a cert I can't back up. When I schedule this sucker I will own it.

Had a phone interview for a senior network engineer position a few months back...they said I gave them the best showing they've ever seen on routing protocols. Getting that kind of feedback feels pretty good.

Good find Miller, that is right up the street from me. I'll have to check my calender but I'll probably show up.

I found the Nashville Cisco Users Group about 4 months ago, and attended the last 4 meetings. They have been very informative, free dinner, a presentation of some sort, and general networking with a bunch of Cisco engineers. The Nashville group has about 30 members attend per month, although there are over 100 members.

I don't claim to be an expert, but I sure would like to become one someday.